Software Engineer at Pagaya Israel

Pagaya is seeking a talented Backend Engineer to join their core engineering team in Tel Aviv. The engineer will work on Pagaya's flagship product, a high-availability backend system. Responsibilities include refactoring, decoupling, and scaling production services.

The role involves designing and maintaining robust, production-grade software and decomposing complex systems.

Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve backend APIs ensuring they are scalable, well-documented, and performant.
• Design and implement robust backend services that handle high traffic and complex data interactions.
• Improve system architecture by identifying bottlenecks and optimizing performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features.
• Enhance API integrations with partners, ensuring seamless data exchanges and reliability.
• Implement best practices for code quality, testing, CI/CD, and security.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence and knowledge sharing.
• Continuously refactor and decouple large backend systems into smaller, modular, and scalable components.
• Design, implement, and document reliable, performant APIs consumed by dozens of external partners.
• Monitor, debug, and maintain the health and availability of Pagaya's production environment.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of backend development experience with a strong focus on APIs and distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in Python.
• Deep understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
• Strong grasp of scalability, and performance optimization.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and containerization.
• Experience with observability tools (logging, monitoring, tracing).
• Solid foundation in software engineering best practices, testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to debug, optimize, and maintain complex backend systems.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

The role offers:

• Opportunity to work on Pagaya's flagship product
• Chance to improve system architecture
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams
• A culture based on partnership, collaboration, and community.